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Thread #57389   Message #3994999
Posted By: Lighter
02-Jun-19 - 08:24 PM
Thread Name: Streets of Laredo - 'Live in the Nation'??
Subject: RE: Streets of Laredo - 'Live in the Nation'??
Back in the 1950s, Canadian folklorist Edith Fowke collected a version of the Civil War ballad "The Cumberland's Crew" from Orlo Brandon of Peterborough, Ontario, which he sang (surprisingly) to the "Tom Sherman's Barroom" tune:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQz6fi8-lO8